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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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#-----------------------------------The Baby-----------------------------------#
#------------------------------By Blake Shelton--------------------------------#
#-----------------Written By Harley Allen And Michael White--------------------#
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#-----------------------Chorded By David, And Stacy Pickle---------------------#
#-----------Comments overkill@cableone.net & falcon00@cableone.net-------------#
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| Keys For Song! |
| A xx222x |
| Bm x24432 |
| D xx0232 |
| D/F# 200232 |
| Em7 020000 |
| G 20012 |
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=|=[C]=|=|=
=|=[A]=|=|=
CAPO SECOND FRET =|=[P]=|=|=
1 2 3 4<<<>>>
INTRO [Strum twice on each notes. There are extra's in this part, but are hard
to explain. Struming twice will make up for this part. You can play them slow,
or fast. Either way it sounds good..]
D------(000232)
G------(320033)
Em7----(020033)
A7sus4-(002033)
D------(000232)
e|------------|
b|------------|
g|------------|
D|---------0--|
A|--0-0-2-----|
E|============|
DD/F#GAD
My brother said that I, was rotten to the core.
DD/F#GEm7A
I was the youngest child, so I got by with more.
DD/F#GAD
I guess she was tired by, the time I came along.
DD/F#GEm7A
She'd laugh until she cried, I could do no wrong.
Em7AD
She would always save me, because I was her baby.
BmG
I worked a factory in Ohio, a shrimp boat in the Bayou,
DA
I drove a truck in Birmingham.
BmG
Turned 21 in Cincinnati,I called home to mom and daddy,
DA
I said "Your boy is now a man."
Em7AD
She said "I don't care if you're 80, you'll always be my baby."
DD/F#GAD
She loved that photograph, of our whole family.
DD/F#GEm7A
She'd always point us out, for all her friends to see.
DD/F#GAD
That's Greg he's doing great, he really loves his job.
DD/F#GEm7A
And Ronnie with his 2 kids, how 'bout that wife he's got.
Em7AD
And that one's kinda crazy, but that one is my baby.
BmG
I got a call in Alabama, said come on home to Louisianna
DA
and come as fast as you can fly.
BmG
Cause your momma really needs you, and says she's got to see you,
DA
she might not make it through the night.
Em7AD
The whole way I drove 80, so she could see her baby.
BmG
She looked like she was sleepin' and my family had been weepin'
DA
by the time that I got to her side.
BmG
And I knew that she'd been taken, and my heart it was breakin',
DA
I never got to say goodbye.
Em7 A STOP Play Outro
I softly kissed that lady, and cried just like a baby.
OUTRO
STRUM ONCE D------(000232)
STRUM ONCE Dsus---(000233)
STRUM TWICE Em7----(020033)
STRUM THREE A7sus4-(002033)
STRUM ONCE D------(000232)